Rod-coiling apparatus.



No. 004,003. A l Patented Feb. 25, |902.

w. 0. 0E LAMARTER & F. w. WALLACE. l

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(Appnmon med oct. 1'1, 1901.',

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IVILLIAM D. DE LAMARTER, OF ELIZABETH, AND FREDERICK l/V. IVALLAOE, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO WTAOLARK WIRE COMPANY,

A CORPORATION OF NEV JERSEY.

ROD-COILING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,003, dated February 25, 1902.

Application led October l1, 1901- Serial No. 78,295. (No model.)

.F a/ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that we, W'ILLIAM D. DE LA- MARTER, of Elizabeth, and FREDERICK W. WALLACE, of Plainfield, county of Union,

and State ofNew Jersey, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rod-Ooiling Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

lo annexed to and forming part of the same.

This invention relates to rod-coiling apparatus such as is used to form wire rod into coils as the rod is delivered from the rolls.

In the accompanying drawings-,in which the I 5 same reference characters refer to similar parts of the various figures, Figure l is an' elevation of this apparatus, partsbein g shown in section. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail zo sectional view on a radial plane.

The drum A, which is provided with suit-- able ribs A about its periphery, is stationary during the winding of the rod in this apparatus, and it is supported on the arm B of the z5 hydraulic cylinder B, through which it may l be readily raised into position to coil the rod around it or lowered below the level of the operating-floor C to allow the coil of wire rod to be readily removed.

The coiler-cone D is formed of a heavy casting and is rigidly fastened to the journal D', supported in a heavybearing E at the upper end of thestandard or support E. Upon the upper end of' the journal is formed the bevelgear D2. This gear is engaged by the bevelpinion F', splined to the shaft F and driven as desired by suitable fast and loose pulleys F2. The shaft F is mounted in the bearings E2, which are bolted to the standard E. In 4o this way the coller-cone is rotated while the drum remains stationary, although the apparatus is effective if the relative movement between these two parts is secured by having the drum rotate and the cone stationary.

Upon the coiler-cone are mounted the three guide-rolls H', H2, and H3, which project from it in substantially radial planes, the outer end of the rolls in each case being supported by a suitable bracket, the bracket H4 (indicated in Fig. 3) serving to support the outer ving it to the body of the roll. Yof the roll tits within the cavity formed in the I end ot the bearing-bolt H", which passes 'through the roll H3.

Upon the lower end of the roll is formed a suitable liange H5, the flange being formed with a curve or fillet join- The lower end coiler-cone D to give a more rigid bearing at the inner end of the guide-roll and to bring the curved flange substantially flush with the surface of the coiler-coue, as shown. This curved flange H5 engages the rod and holds it away from the surface of the cone. At the lower edge of the coller-cone the clearer-roll H is mounted, the bearing-bolt H8 of this roll being screwed into a flange formed on the cone. This bearing-bolt is inclined away from the axis of` the coilercone,as indicated in Figs. l and 2. The flange Hlof the clearerroll has a curved formation where it joins the body of the roll, so that it will guide the rod in contact with this iiange under normal conditions of operation without abrading the rod. This liange, as indicated in Fig. 2, projects somewhat from theouter surface of the coilercone, and the end of the clearer-roll projects considerably below the cone.

The rod-guide G is formed of heavy tubular construction, the antifriction-roll G being mounted at its upper side'near the curve in the guide, and the series of antifrictionrolls G2 are mounted on the inside of the curve. Asis seen in Fig. l, the rod-channel D,formed in the journal of' the coiler-cone, communi- Cates at its upper end with the rod-guide and at its lower end is 'substantially tangent to the other surface of the cone.

In operation the wire rod as it is discharged from the rolls is fed through the 'guide-tube G and down the channel D3 of the coiler-cone. The cone being rotated through the means already describedthe end of the rod as it lags behind the rotating coiler-cone engages the guide-rolls H', H2,- and H3, and finally passing over the clearer-'roll is' coiled `about the drum resting on the floor C. Theguide- 95 rolls and the clearer-roll serve to prevent the j contact of the rod with the sharp loweredge of the coiler-cone, and especially after the l rod has passed entirely through the rolls, so

that it is no longer fed positively to the coller, roo

the clearer-roll keeps even the last end of the rod, which mustbe fed forward by the rotation of the coiler alone, free from the edge of the coiler-cone, which otherwise would abrade and seriously injure it. It will be seen that the guide-rolls and the clearer-rolls are so situated on the cone that the rod as it is fed around the coiler automatically comes into proper relation with them, the rod engaging all of these rolls and coacting properly with the clearer-roll H. The aniifriction-rolls in the rod-guide, as is the case with the guiderolls and the clearer-roll, are especially useful when soft-wire rods, such as copper, are being coiled, since the serious abrasion of the soft rod against the guiding-channels and other parts of the coiler is thereby prevented. These improvements are equally valuable when the drum of the coiler rotates and the cone is stationary.

` Numerous modifications in this device may be made without departing from the spirit of this invention. The exact construction of the guide-rolls and the clearer-roll which has been set forth and their exact position in the apparatus may be modified by those skilled in the art. Ve do not therefore wish to be limited to the disclosure which we have made in this case; but what we do wish to secure by Letters lPatent is set forth in the appended claims.

We claiml. In rod-coiling apparatus, a slatted drum mounted on hydraulic elevator mechanism, a support, a coiler-cone revolubly mounted in said support to cooperate with said drum, the lower edge of said cone embracing said drum, a guidingchannel through the journal of said cone and communicating with the exterior of said cone, a series of guide-rolls mounted on said cone to guide a rod issuing from said channel in a rearward direction, said guide-rolls being provided with enlarged bearing-flanges at their inner ends and their outer ends being supported by bearing-brackets, a flanged clearer-roll mounted at an inclination in a recess near the edge of said cone to guide the rod away from said edge and a curved rod-guide communicating with said channel, there being an upper antifriction-roll near said curve and a series of antifriction-rolls on the inside of said curve.

2. In rod-ceiling apparatus, a curved rodguide having an antifriction-roll at the upper part of the guide adjacent the curve in the same and also having a series of antifrietionrolls on the inside of the curve, a drum and a relatively rotating coiler-cone coperating with said drum, the lower edge of said cone embracing said drum, there being a guidingchannel in said cone communicating with said rod-guide, guide-rolls mounted on said drum and a clearer-roll provided with a guidingflange mounted at the edge of said coiler-cone to guide the rod out of contact with the edge of said cone.

3. In rod-ceiling apparatus, a drum and a relatively rotating coiler cone, a guidingchannel formed in said cone, a series of guiderolls mounted on said cone to guide the rod issuing from said channel and a iianged clearer-roll mounted at an inclination adjacent the edge of said cone to be engaged by a rod wound by said cone and to guide the end of said rod over the edge of said cone.

4. In rod-ceiling apparatus, a drum and a relatively rotating coiler-cone, the base of said cone embracing said drum, a guiding-channel formed in said cone, guides on the surface of said cone to guide a rod issuing from said channel and a ianged clearer-roll mounted at an inclination in a recess near the base of said cone to guide the free end of rod away from the edge of said cone.

5. In rod-coiling apparatus, a drum and a relatively rotating coiler-cone, the base of said cone embracing said drum, means to guide a rod over the surface of said cone andaianged clearer-roll mounted in the edge of said cone to guide the rod away from said edge.

(i. In rod-ceiling apparatus, a drum and a relatively rotating coiler-cone the base of said cone embracing said drum, guides formed on said cone and a fianged clearer-roll mounted at an inclination in a recess in the lower edge of said cone to be engaged by a rod passsing out of contact with said guides and to guide said rod away from the edge of said cone.

WILLIAM D DE LAMARTER. FREDERICK W. WALLACE.

lVitnesses:

HARRY L. DUNCAN, JOHN N. MOORE. 

